You probably saw resident Crasstalk hipster Tchotchke’s examination of why she loves the Grateful Dead. Like The Tchotch, I too love me some Dead. There are something like 700 different songs that the band performed in concert over the years, but here are Today’s Top 10 Grateful Dead Songs of All Time. Continue reading
Welcome to tonight’s Project Runway All Stars liveblog! Grab your drink. Settle into that butt-shaped dent in your couch. Sharpen your tongue. Shit is ’bout to get real–real fashiony.
There are two things any connoisseur wants in a box set, completeness and quality. The Bond 50th anniversary box set gives both like never before. Aptly named Bond 50 this set brings together for the first time all 22 Bond films and brings them in high definition Blu-ray. Continue reading
We here at Crasstalk have developed a special kind of sick affection for Newt Gingrich. How obsessed are we? We actually had two posts about him today. Both are funny, so I have combined them together for our own Newt Fest 2012. Please enjoy these posts by Lauren and Cletar. Continue reading
In the inaugural edition of “Crate Digging,” we unpack the negative baggage associated with the Grateful Dead and propose revisiting their discography. Continue reading
The Wild Card round has come and gone and as I correctly predicted it was pretty blah, with the exception of one game. The Giants and Texans spanked the Falcons and Bengals respectively. The Broncos won in the shortest overtime ever over a battered Steelers team, and the Saints decided to run up the score on the Lions (more on this later). Coming up in the divisional round, we have several rematches from the regular season and one that was played during the preseason that even has a bit of a story line. Let’s just dive right in to each game: Continue reading
On Tuesday the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an injunction that stopped Texas’ restrictive sonogram law. Under the reaffirmed law, abortion providers are required to show or describe an ultrasound image of a woman’s pregnancy. The only exceptions to the law are if the fetus was conceived by rape or incest or if the fetus has an abnormality. Women can decline to view the sonogram, but she must listen to the doctor’s description. Continue reading
There’s always a television show that seems to catch everyone’s attention and love, but yet you hate it. Continue reading
The excellent econ-blogger Derek Thompson over at The Atlantic recently pointed out a new report this week from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce that looked at the economic prospects of college graduates. What they found: your future earnings and employment prospects could vary wildly depending on what major you choose.
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Welcome to my first ever recap! Some of you didn’t watch last season, and it’s possible that someone of you who did watch forgot everything, so we’re starting out with a few minutes of clips. Dance Moms centers around a studio run by a crazy beast of a woman who likes to yell at everyone. Continue reading
